TERM 1 WEEK 6 6th March 2020

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FROM THE OFFICE

ABSENT NOTES: Please ring the school when your child is sick or provide a note or Doctor’s certificate if your child has been away for an extensive length of time. Sick notes can also be emailed to the school.

HATS: All students need to wear a school hat. Many children are coming to school without their hats and this can’t be happening. Hats are $13 each and are available from the office. We follow a NO HAT NO PLAY policy.

SCHOOL UNIFORM: Please make sure that all students are in full school

Uniform we have second hand jumpers and jackets that you are welcome to come and look through. Uniform needs to payed for on the day of purchase either with cash or a parent online payment.

Colo Heights Awards

AWARDS We will continue with the school’s award system this year as was being implemented last year. At our fortnightly assemblies we will be presenting selected students with; Merit Award – for good class work Homework Award – for returning high quality homework. Sports Award – For students who have demonstrated excellent sporting skills or achievement. Student of the Week – one student from each class who has performed well at a particular part of class. STAR STUDENT – one student from the whole school who demonstrates and upholds the school’s expectations RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY and PERSONAL BEST. This student will receive a certificate and a trophy for their desk for the fortnight. As well will have their photo in the school’s newsletter. Throughout the week teachers hand out ‘Caught You Being Good’ cards for many different

reasons, in class and out of class. Children who receive these cards write their name on them and

put them in a draw for the possibility of winning a prize on Wednesday and Friday of every week.

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Hawkesbury Small School’s Swimming Carnival

Last week on Wednesday 26th February our relay team competed at the Hawkesbury Zone

Swimming Carnival. The team performed at their best but unfortunately were pipped at the line for third place and finished fourth. We would like to congratulate Zoey, Ruby, Hunter and Samuel for their effort. We are very proud of you all. I would also like to thank Ms Joseph for being a wonderful team manager and supporting the team.

Hawkesbury Show Craft ‘Thursday Craftanoon’.

We started our Craftanoon for 2020 last Thursday. Thank you to all the parents, grandparents and friends who helped the students begin their craft. We have a number of wonderful projects beginning and if you have some spare time on Thursday afternoons please come along.

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Sickness

We have had a few bugs getting around school in recent weeks. This has ranged from Stomach bugs to sore throats and temperatures. All these illnesses are NOT related to the ‘COVID 19’ Virus. In the light of these recent events we would just like to remind everyone of good cleanliness practices that can reduce the transfer to others.

These are:

* Washing your hands thoroughly with soap. Some advice is to wash hands for at least 20 seconds. When coughing, cough into your elbow and then wash hands afterwards just to be sure. * Sneeze into your elbow then wash hands or use sanitizer. Dispose of tissues after blowing noses in the bin and wash hands or use sanitizer afterwards.

Most importantly…

*If your child is not well, please give them a chance of getting over it and not spreading it to others by allowing them to stay at home to rest. One or two days is better than one or two weeks.

In relation to the ‘COVID 19’ Virus there are set directives from the NSW Department of Health and the Department of Education that will be applied should any of the following events were to happen at Colo Heights Public School. Most of these (like staying home for 14 days) are implemented if a person has had direct contact from someone with the Virus or has recently returned from China, Iran, South Korea and probably other countries will be added to the list as the year progresses. Please understand that we will continually monitor all events and keep you informed.

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Photo Day We can confirm our 2020 photo day. It will be Wednesday 1

st April.

Order forms were sent out last Friday for you to choose a package that best suits you. Please be aware that photo’s can be ordered online directly thorough Southern Cross Colour Studios. And all orders must be made before the 1st April or envelopes need to be returned with the correct money also before the day. As always there will be opportunities to have family photos as well as purchasing group photos such as SRC, Library, Sport and Flag Leaders .

NSW School Updates app

Over recent months with the bushfires and floods it was a challenge to communicate with everyone. And even though we were able to inform you all regarding the school being non-operational it was still a challenge when phone lines are out. The NSW Department of Education have recently released an App that allows families to receive operational status updates for all NSW public schools. This app will complement the other means of communication to parents and carers from our school and the Department of Education to ensure families now receive timely, accurate information in a crisis. The app is free and available for Apple (from the App Store) and Android (from Google Play) users. Find out more and download the app now: https://bit.ly/2PD2jd3 You can opt in for notifications about the operational status of as many NSW public schools as you choose (both Colo Heights P.S and Hawkesbury High).

Privacy Information- The app doesn't store any personal or identifiable information. When using the app, it communi-cates with the department's servers storing a unique identifier for your device; the schools that you wish to receive updates for; and if you've opted into receive push notifications information to send notifications to that device.

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Hawkesbury City Council - Mayor Morning Tea Our Year Six students were invited to a special morning tea with the Mayor of Hawkesbury City Council on Friday. They attended the event with a number of other local schools and had an opportunity to ask questions and tour the council offices. I would like to thank Ms Joseph and Mrs Drayton for transporting and attending with the students. It is so wonderful to have our school leaders attend event such as these to instil in them the importance of being a respected leader of our school.

Student Banking

We have started Student Banking again for the year. Banking is every Wednesday. Kylah is our banking co-ordinator this year. She will be collecting the bank books from the students and returning them to them at the end of the day.

School Banking has commenced and will be very Wednesday.

Fridays is the only sports day this year. Please wear your sports uniform of this

day.

1st April School Photos. Please return orders and correct money before the day.

Online orders are also available.

9th April is the last day of term 1.

Term 2 will commence on Tuesday 28th April.

Thank you,

Glenn Ellis

Principal

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Congratulations

to our “Star Students” Janelle and Jackson

Every assembly we announce the star student.

A Star Student represents the best qualities of

RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY and PERSONAL BEST.

We hope all students can strive to achieve this award throughout the year

and continue demonstrate these fine skills.

“At Colo Heights Public School, we are Responsible and Respectful students, who strive to do our Personal Best”.

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